Youth Opportunities Advisory Board (YOAB)
Who we are:
We are 16 high school students appointed by the City Manager to serve one-year renewable terms. We live in the City of Boulder and represent many aspects of Boulder's youth community including diverse cultures and backgrounds.
Interested in joining YOAB? Applications for the 2021-2022 school year open on March 15, 2021.
Each spring, we encourage current 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th graders who live in the City of Boulder (including most of Gunbarrel) to apply for the next school year.
No previous leadership experience is necessary. New members are invited to join based on potential for positive contribution to the board’s work and capacity to represent the diversity of Boulder’s youth community.
What we do:
- Promote the youth voice in Boulder
- Plan and run our own meetings
- Advise City Council, city departments, and local agencies on youth-related issues
- Form actions teams to implement community projects to help address youth needs
- Organize a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service
- Acknowledge outstanding youth volunteers in our community
- Distribute approximately $300,000 every year to local youth programs through competitive grants processes.
2020-2021 Youth Opportunities Advisory Board members*
- Audrey Bahintchie
- Maddy Barnes
- Osvaldo Garcia Barron
- Paola Garcia Barron
- Elie Deshommes
- Sydney Fahn
- Nakalia Furumo
- Henry Keig
- Isobel Keig
- Daniel Lin
- Diego Smet
- Elizabeth Wood
*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020-21 YOAB is four members short of full membership
Meetings
| Date | Meeting Minutes |
|---|---|
| September 6, 2019 | YOAB September Minutes  |
| October 4, 2019 | YOAB October Minutes |
| November 1, 2019 | YOAB November Minutes |
| December 6, 2019 | YOAB December Minutes |
| January 10, 2020 | YOAB January Minutes |
Contact us for more information:
Brandon Blew, Youth Opportunities Program Coordinator
720-498-2482 or [email protected]